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D'Alessio Y, D'Alfonso A, Camilloni G. Chromatin conformations of HSP12 during transcriptional activation in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae stationary phase. Adv Biol Regul 2023; 90:100986. [PMID: 37741159 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbior.2023.100986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 09/16/2023] [Indexed: 09/25/2023]
Abstract
During evolution, living cells have developed sophisticated molecular and physiological processes to cope with a variety of stressors. These mechanisms, which collectively constitute the Environmental Stress Response, involve the activation/repression of hundreds of genes that are regulated to respond rapidly and effectively to protect the cell. The main stressors include sudden increases in environmental temperature and osmolarity, exposure to heavy metals, nutrient limitation, ROS accumulation, and protein-damaging events. The growth stages of the yeast S. cerevisiae proceed from the exponential to the diauxic phase, finally reaching the stationary phase. It is in this latter phase that the main stressor events are more active. In the present work, we aim to understand whether the responses evoked by the sudden onset of a stressor, like what happens to cells going through the stationary phase, would be different or similar to those induced by a gradual increase in the same stimulus. To this aim, we studied the expression of the HSP12 gene of the HSP family of proteins, typically induced by stress conditions, with a focus on the role of chromatin in this regulation. Analyses of nucleosome occupancy and three-dimensional chromatin conformation suggest the activation of a different response pathway upon a sudden vs a gradual onset of a stress stimulus. Here we show that it is the three-dimensional chromatin structure of HSP12, rather than nucleosome remodeling, that becomes altered in HSP12 transcription during the stationary phase.
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- Yuri D'Alessio
- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, University of Rome, Sapienza Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, University of Rome, Sapienza Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie, University of Rome, Sapienza Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy.
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Li Q, Zhou J, Li S, Zhang W, Du Y, Li K, Wang Y, Sun Q. DNA polymerase ε harmonizes topological states and R-loops formation to maintain genome integrity in Arabidopsis. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7763. [PMID: 38012183 PMCID: PMC10682485 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43680-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
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Genome topology is tied to R-loop formation and genome stability. However, the regulatory mechanism remains to be elucidated. By establishing a system to sense the connections between R-loops and genome topology states, we show that inhibiting DNA topoisomerase 1 (TOP1i) triggers the global increase of R-loops (called topoR-loops) and DNA damages, which are exacerbated in the DNA damage repair-compromised mutant atm. A suppressor screen identifies a mutation in POL2A, the catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase ε, rescuing the TOP1i-induced topoR-loop accumulation and genome instability in atm. Importantly we find that a highly conserved junction domain between the exonuclease and polymerase domains in POL2A is required for modulating topoR-loops near DNA replication origins and facilitating faithful DNA replication. Our results suggest that DNA replication acts in concert with genome topological states to fine-tune R-loops and thereby maintain genome integrity, revealing a likely conserved regulatory mechanism of TOP1i resistance in chemotherapy for ATM-deficient cancers.
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- Qin Li
- Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100084, China
- Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, 102206, China
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- College of Life Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Morden Agriculture, Guangzhou, 510642, China
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Center for Plant Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, 100084, China.
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Stinson BM, Loparo JJ. Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks by the Nonhomologous End Joining Pathway. Annu Rev Biochem 2021; 90:137-164. [PMID: 33556282 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-080320-110356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
DNA double-strand breaks pose a serious threat to genome stability. In vertebrates, these breaks are predominantly repaired by nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ), which pairs DNA ends in a multiprotein synaptic complex to promote their direct ligation. NHEJ is a highly versatile pathway that uses an array of processing enzymes to modify damaged DNA ends and enable their ligation. The mechanisms of end synapsis and end processing have important implications for genome stability. Rapid and stable synapsis is necessary to limit chromosome translocations that result from the mispairing of DNA ends. Furthermore, end processing must be tightly regulated to minimize mutations at the break site. Here, we review our current mechanistic understanding of vertebrate NHEJ, with a particular focus on end synapsis and processing.
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- Benjamin M Stinson
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA; ,
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA; ,
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Malfatti MC, Antoniali G, Codrich M, Burra S, Mangiapane G, Dalla E, Tell G. New perspectives in cancer biology from a study of canonical and non-canonical functions of base excision repair proteins with a focus on early steps. Mutagenesis 2021; 35:129-149. [PMID: 31858150 DOI: 10.1093/mutage/gez051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Alterations of DNA repair enzymes and consequential triggering of aberrant DNA damage response (DDR) pathways are thought to play a pivotal role in genomic instabilities associated with cancer development, and are further thought to be important predictive biomarkers for therapy using the synthetic lethality paradigm. However, novel unpredicted perspectives are emerging from the identification of several non-canonical roles of DNA repair enzymes, particularly in gene expression regulation, by different molecular mechanisms, such as (i) non-coding RNA regulation of tumour suppressors, (ii) epigenetic and transcriptional regulation of genes involved in genotoxic responses and (iii) paracrine effects of secreted DNA repair enzymes triggering the cell senescence phenotype. The base excision repair (BER) pathway, canonically involved in the repair of non-distorting DNA lesions generated by oxidative stress, ionising radiation, alkylation damage and spontaneous or enzymatic deamination of nucleotide bases, represents a paradigm for the multifaceted roles of complex DDR in human cells. This review will focus on what is known about the canonical and non-canonical functions of BER enzymes related to cancer development, highlighting novel opportunities to understand the biology of cancer and representing future perspectives for designing new anticancer strategies. We will specifically focus on APE1 as an example of a pleiotropic and multifunctional BER protein.
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- Matilde Clarissa Malfatti
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and DNA repair, Department of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and DNA repair, Department of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and DNA repair, Department of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and DNA repair, Department of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and DNA repair, Department of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and DNA repair, Department of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and DNA repair, Department of Medicine (DAME), University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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El-Sayed WMM, Gombolay AL, Xu P, Yang T, Jeon Y, Balachander S, Newnam G, Tao S, Bowen NE, Brůna T, Borodovsky M, Schinazi RF, Kim B, Chen Y, Storici F. Disproportionate presence of adenosine in mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. iScience 2020; 24:102005. [PMID: 33490913 PMCID: PMC7809514 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.102005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 11/29/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
Abstract
Ribonucleoside monophosphates (rNMPs) represent the most common non-standard nucleotides found in the genome of cells. The distribution of rNMPs in DNA has been studied only in limited genomes. Using the ribose-seq protocol and the Ribose-Map bioinformatics toolkit, we reveal the distribution of rNMPs incorporated into the whole genome of a photosynthetic unicellular green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. We discovered a disproportionate incorporation of adenosine in the mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA, in contrast to the nuclear DNA, relative to the corresponding nucleotide content of these C. reinhardtii organelle genomes. Our results demonstrate that the rNMP content in the DNA of the algal organelles reflects an elevated ATP level present in the algal cells. We reveal specific biases and patterns in rNMP distributions in the algal mitochondrial, chloroplast, and nuclear DNA. Moreover, we identified the C. reinhardtii orthologous genes for all three subunits of the RNase H2 enzyme using GeneMark-EP + gene finder.
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- Waleed M M El-Sayed
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.,School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.,Marine Microbiology Department, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Red Sea, 84517, Egypt
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30309, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30309, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.,Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.,School of Computational Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30309, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30309, USA
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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Trapped topoisomerase II initiates formation of de novo duplications via the nonhomologous end-joining pathway in yeast. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:26876-26884. [PMID: 33046655 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2008721117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Topoisomerase II (Top2) is an essential enzyme that resolves catenanes between sister chromatids as well as supercoils associated with the over- or under-winding of duplex DNA. Top2 alters DNA topology by making a double-strand break (DSB) in DNA and passing an intact duplex through the break. Each component monomer of the Top2 homodimer nicks one of the DNA strands and forms a covalent phosphotyrosyl bond with the 5' end. Stabilization of this intermediate by chemotherapeutic drugs such as etoposide leads to persistent and potentially toxic DSBs. We describe the isolation of a yeast top2 mutant (top2-F1025Y,R1128G) the product of which generates a stabilized cleavage intermediate in vitro. In yeast cells, overexpression of the top2-F1025Y,R1128G allele is associated with a mutation signature that is characterized by de novo duplications of DNA sequence that depend on the nonhomologous end-joining pathway of DSB repair. Top2-associated duplications are promoted by the clean removal of the enzyme from DNA ends and are suppressed when the protein is removed as part of an oligonucleotide. TOP2 cells treated with etoposide exhibit the same mutation signature, as do cells that overexpress the wild-type protein. These results have implications for genome evolution and are relevant to the clinical use of chemotherapeutic drugs that target Top2.
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Cerritelli SM, El Hage A. RNases H1 and H2: guardians of the stability of the nuclear genome when supply of dNTPs is limiting for DNA synthesis. Curr Genet 2020; 66:1073-1084. [PMID: 32886170 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-020-01086-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Revised: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
RNA/DNA hybrids are processed by RNases H1 and H2, while single ribonucleoside-monophosphates (rNMPs) embedded in genomic DNA are removed by the error-free, RNase H2-dependent ribonucleotide excision repair (RER) pathway. In the absence of RER, however, topoisomerase 1 (Top1) can cleave single genomic rNMPs in a mutagenic manner. In RNase H2-deficient mice, the accumulation of genomic rNMPs above a threshold of tolerance leads to catastrophic genomic instability that causes embryonic lethality. In humans, deficiencies in RNase H2 induce the autoimmune disorders Aicardi-Goutières syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus, and cause skin and intestinal cancers. Recently, we reported that in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the depletion of Rnr1, the major catalytic subunit of ribonucleotide reductase (RNR), which converts ribonucleotides to deoxyribonucleotides, leads to cell lethality in absence of RNases H1 and H2. We hypothesized that under replicative stress and compromised DNA repair that are elicited by an insufficient supply of deoxyribonucleoside-triphosphates (dNTPs), cells cannot survive the accumulation of persistent RNA/DNA hybrids. Remarkably, we found that cells lacking RNase H2 accumulate ~ 5-fold more genomic rNMPs in absence than in presence of Rnr1. When the load of genomic rNMPs is further increased in the presence of a replicative DNA polymerase variant that over-incorporates rNMPs in leading or lagging strand, cells missing both Rnr1 and RNase H2 suffer from severe growth defects. These are reversed in absence of Top1. Thus, in cells lacking RNase H2 and containing a limiting supply of dNTPs, there is a threshold of tolerance for the accumulation of genomic ribonucleotides that is tightly associated with Top1-mediated DNA damage. In this mini-review, we describe the implications of the loss of RNase H2, or RNases H1 and H2, on the integrity of the nuclear genome and viability of budding yeast cells that are challenged with a critically low supply of dNTPs. We further propose that our findings in budding yeast could pave the way for the study of the potential role of mammalian RNR in RNase H2-related diseases.
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- Susana M Cerritelli
- SFR, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- The Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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Cerritelli SM, Iranzo J, Sharma S, Chabes A, Crouch RJ, Tollervey D, El Hage A. High density of unrepaired genomic ribonucleotides leads to Topoisomerase 1-mediated severe growth defects in absence of ribonucleotide reductase. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:4274-4297. [PMID: 32187369 PMCID: PMC7192613 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Revised: 02/05/2020] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Cellular levels of ribonucleoside triphosphates (rNTPs) are much higher than those of deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs), thereby influencing the frequency of incorporation of ribonucleoside monophosphates (rNMPs) by DNA polymerases (Pol) into DNA. RNase H2-initiated ribonucleotide excision repair (RER) efficiently removes single rNMPs in genomic DNA. However, processing of rNMPs by Topoisomerase 1 (Top1) in absence of RER induces mutations and genome instability. Here, we greatly increased the abundance of genomic rNMPs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by depleting Rnr1, the major subunit of ribonucleotide reductase, which converts ribonucleotides to deoxyribonucleotides. We found that in strains that are depleted of Rnr1, RER-deficient, and harbor an rNTP-permissive replicative Pol mutant, excessive accumulation of single genomic rNMPs severely compromised growth, but this was reversed in absence of Top1. Thus, under Rnr1 depletion, limited dNTP pools slow DNA synthesis by replicative Pols and provoke the incorporation of high levels of rNMPs in genomic DNA. If a threshold of single genomic rNMPs is exceeded in absence of RER and presence of limited dNTP pools, Top1-mediated genome instability leads to severe growth defects. Finally, we provide evidence showing that accumulation of RNA/DNA hybrids in absence of RNase H1 and RNase H2 leads to cell lethality under Rnr1 depletion.
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- Susana M Cerritelli
- SFR, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Umeå SE-901 87, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Umeå SE-901 87, Sweden
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- SFR, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- The Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- The Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Ribonucleotide incorporation in yeast genomic DNA shows preference for cytosine and guanosine preceded by deoxyadenosine. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2447. [PMID: 32415081 PMCID: PMC7229183 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16152-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite the abundance of ribonucleoside monophosphates (rNMPs) in DNA, sites of rNMP incorporation remain poorly characterized. Here, by using ribose-seq and Ribose-Map techniques, we built and analyzed high-throughput sequencing libraries of rNMPs derived from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA of budding and fission yeast. We reveal both common and unique features of rNMP sites among yeast species and strains, and between wild type and different ribonuclease H-mutant genotypes. We demonstrate that the rNMPs are not randomly incorporated in DNA. We highlight signatures and patterns of rNMPs, including sites within trinucleotide-repeat tracts. Our results uncover that the deoxyribonucleotide immediately upstream of the rNMPs has a strong influence on rNMP distribution, suggesting a mechanism of rNMP accommodation by DNA polymerases as a driving force of rNMP incorporation. Consistently, we find deoxyadenosine upstream from the most abundant genomic rCMPs and rGMPs. This study establishes a framework to better understand mechanisms of rNMP incorporation in DNA. Ribonucleoside monophosphates are incorporated by DNA polymerases into double-stranded DNA. Here, the authors use ribose-seq and Ribose-Map techniques to reveal that signatures and patterns of ribonucleotide incorporation in yeast mitochondrial and nuclear DNA show preference for cytosine and guanosine preceded by deoxyadenosine.
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Giovannini S, Weller MC, Repmann S, Moch H, Jiricny J. Synthetic lethality between BRCA1 deficiency and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition is modulated by processing of endogenous oxidative DNA damage. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:9132-9143. [PMID: 31329989 PMCID: PMC6753488 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Revised: 06/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARPs) facilitate the repair of DNA single-strand breaks (SSBs). When PARPs are inhibited, unrepaired SSBs colliding with replication forks give rise to cytotoxic double-strand breaks. These are normally rescued by homologous recombination (HR), but, in cells with suboptimal HR, PARP inhibition leads to genomic instability and cell death, a phenomenon currently exploited in the therapy of ovarian cancers in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers. In spite of their promise, resistance to PARP inhibitors (PARPis) has already emerged. In order to identify the possible underlying causes of the resistance, we set out to identify the endogenous source of DNA damage that activates PARPs. We argued that if the toxicity of PARPis is indeed caused by unrepaired SSBs, these breaks must arise spontaneously, because PARPis are used as single agents. We now show that a significant contributor to PARPi toxicity is oxygen metabolism. While BRCA1-depleted or -mutated cells were hypersensitive to the clinically approved PARPi olaparib, its toxicity was significantly attenuated by depletion of OGG1 or MYH DNA glycosylases, as well as by treatment with reactive oxygen species scavengers, growth under hypoxic conditions or chemical OGG1 inhibition. Thus, clinical resistance to PARPi therapy may emerge simply through reduced efficiency of oxidative damage repair.
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- Sara Giovannini
- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences of the University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.,Institute of Molecular Cancer Research of the University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.,Institute of Biochemistry of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Otto-Stern-Weg 3, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Cancer Research of the University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Cancer Research of the University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Schmelzbergstrasse 12, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Life Sciences of the University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.,Institute of Molecular Cancer Research of the University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.,Institute of Biochemistry of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Otto-Stern-Weg 3, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Cerritelli SM, Crouch RJ. RNase H2-RED carpets the path to eukaryotic RNase H2 functions. DNA Repair (Amst) 2019; 84:102736. [PMID: 31761672 PMCID: PMC6936605 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2019.102736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Eukaryotic RNases H2 have dual functions in initiating the removal of ribonucleoside monophosphates (rNMPs) incorporated by DNA polymerases during DNA synthesis and in cleaving the RNA moiety of RNA/DNA hybrids formed during transcription and retrotransposition. The other major cellular RNase H, RNase H1, shares the hybrid processing activity, but not all substrates. After RNase H2 incision at the rNMPs in DNA the Ribonucleotide Excision Repair (RER) pathway completes the removal, restoring dsDNA. The development of the RNase H2-RED (Ribonucleotide Excision Defective) mutant enzyme, which can process RNA/DNA hybrids but is unable to cleave rNMPs embedded in DNA has unlinked the two activities and illuminated the roles of RNase H2 in cellular metabolism. Studies mostly in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, have shown both activities of RNase H2 are necessary to maintain genome integrity and that RNase H1 and H2 have overlapping as well as distinct RNA/DNA hybrid substrates. In mouse RNase H2-RED confirmed that rNMPs in DNA during embryogenesis induce lethality in a p53-dependent DNA damage response. In mammalian cell cultures, RNase H2-RED helped identifying DNA lesions produced by Top1 cleavage at rNMPs and led to determine that RNase H2 participates in the retrotransposition of LINE-1 elements. In this review, we summarize the studies and conclusions reached by utilization of RNase H2-RED enzyme in different model systems.
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- Susana M Cerritelli
- SFR, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- SFR, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Nitiss KC, Nitiss JL, Hanakahi LA. DNA Damage by an essential enzyme: A delicate balance act on the tightrope. DNA Repair (Amst) 2019; 82:102639. [PMID: 31437813 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2019.102639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Revised: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
DNA topoisomerases are essential for DNA metabolic processes such as replication and transcription. Since DNA is double stranded, the unwinding needed for these processes results in DNA supercoiling and catenation of replicated molecules. Changing the topology of DNA molecules to relieve supercoiling or resolve catenanes requires that DNA be transiently cut. While topoisomerases carry out these processes in ways that minimize the likelihood of genome instability, there are several ways that topoisomerases may fail. Topoisomerases can be induced to fail by therapeutic small molecules such as by fluoroquinolones that target bacterial topoisomerases, or a variety of anti-cancer agents that target the eukaryotic enzymes. Increasingly, there have been a large number of agents and processes, including natural products and their metabolites, DNA damage, and the intrinsic properties of the enzymes that can lead to long-lasting DNA breaks that subsequently lead to genome instability, cancer, and other diseases. Understanding the processes that can interfere with topoisomerases and how cells respond when topoisomerases fail will be important in minimizing the consequences when enzymes need to transiently interfere with DNA integrity.
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- Karin C Nitiss
- University of Illinois College of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Rockford, IL, 61107, United States; University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, Biopharmaceutical Sciences Department, Rockford IL, 61107, United States
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- University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, Biopharmaceutical Sciences Department, Rockford IL, 61107, United States.
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- University of Illinois College of Pharmacy, Biopharmaceutical Sciences Department, Rockford IL, 61107, United States.
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Girstun A, Ishikawa T, Staron K. Effects of SRSF1 on subnuclear localization of topoisomerase I. J Cell Biochem 2019; 120:11794-11808. [PMID: 30775805 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.28459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
Subnuclear localization of topoisomerase I (top I) is determined by its DNA relaxation activity and a net of its interactions with in majority unidentified nucleolar and nucleoplasmic elements. Here, we recognized SR protein SRSF1 (Serine/arginine-rich splicing factor 1, previously known as SF2/ASF) as a new element of the net. In HeLa cells, overexpression of SRSF1 recruited top I to the nucleoplasm whereas its silencing concentrated it in the nucleolus. Effect of SRSF1 was independent of top I relaxation activity and was the best pronounced for the mutant inactive in relaxation reaction. In HCT116 cells where top I was not released from the nucleolus upon halting relaxation activity, it was also not relocated by elevated level of SRSF1. Out of remaining SR proteins, SRSF5, SRSF7, and SRSF9 did not influence the localization of top I in HeLa cells whereas overexpression of SRSF2, SRSF3, SRSF6, and partly SRSF4 concentrated top I in the nucleolus, most possibly due to the reduction of the SRSF1 accessibility. Specific effect of SRSF1 was exerted because of its distinct RS domain. Silencing of SRSF1 compensated the deletion of the top I N-terminal region, individually responsible for nucleoplasmic localization of the mutant, and restored the wild-type phenotype of deletion mutant localization. SRSF1 was essential for the camptothecin-induced clearance from the nucleolus. These results suggest a possible role of SRSF1 in establishing partition of top I between the nucleolus and the nucleoplasm in some cell types with distinct combinations of SR proteins levels.
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Affiliation(s)
- Agnieszka Girstun
- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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